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The Invention of the Model T: October 1, 1908
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The Zimmerman Telegram: January 16, 1917
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The WWI Armistice: November 11, 1918
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The 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage): August 18, 1920
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Charles Lindbergh’s Flight: May 20-21, 1927
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Black Thursday (Stock Market Crash): October 24, 1929
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Hitler Becomes Chancellor: January 30, 1933
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The New Deal Begins: March 4, 1933
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The Munich Pact: September 30, 1938
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Hitler Invades Poland: September 1, 1939
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Pearl Harbor Attack: December 7, 1941
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion): June 6, 1944
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings: August 6 and August 9, 1945
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The Formation of the United Nations: October 24, 1945
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The Long Telegram: February 22, 1946
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The Formation of NATO: April 4, 1949
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Russians Acquire the Atomic Bomb: August 29, 1949
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The Korean War: June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
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Brown v. Board of Education Decision: May 17, 1954
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Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat: December 1, 1955
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: October 16-28, 1962
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JFK’s Assassination: November 22, 1963
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: August 7, 1964
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The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: July 20, 1969
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The Invention of the Internet: ARPANET launched October 29, 1969
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The Watergate Break-ins: June 17, 1972
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Nixon’s Resignation: August 8, 1974
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The Vietnam War: November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall: November 9, 1989
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The 9/11 Attacks: September 11, 2001
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Covid-19 Pandemic: Officially declared March 11, 2020